than they did in the united states marine corps. the guards weren't there. the marines weren't there. they should have been. but state doesn't want them. i experienced this when the soviet union came apart. the ambassadors of newly independent states refused to have defense attache's in their embassy. stevens did not demand the security he was entitled to. he was too confident of his popularity with the libyan people. and he paid with his life. megyn: it's being reported by one online source that says he was friends with sean smith, one of the victims that sean knew he was in danger prior to the attack. he sent out on this online chat that they had the following text. saying assume we don't die tonight, we saw one of our quote police that guard the compound taking pictures, then he went on to write and an expletive and then the word gunfire. and so it does appear for some time prior to the attack they knew they were in potential danger and indeed they were. >> this is a tragic situation that did not have to happen. it isn't a scanda